Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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| shopping / day in, day out / have to go / I |
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| eats / for dinner / often / pizza / Mike |
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| can / They / never / listen |
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| John / late / is / often |
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| Begin the sentence with SHE |
| listens / She / rarely / when you talk to her |
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| go / usually / to the dentist / I / once a year |
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| Kevin / always / Does / win / ? |
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| am / Something is the matter with me. I / in the mornings. / very tired / usually |
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| Do / to the gym / ? / you / go / every day |
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| have lunch / you / at home? / Do / usually |
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| several times a year / breaks down / My car |
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| My parents / almost never / go on holiday |
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| some help with the homework / need / They / usually |
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| I / three times a week / to the gym / go |
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| some petrol / every other day. / I travel a lot. I / need |
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| will / help you / rarely / Tom / if you need it |
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| get up / always / at 8 a.m. / I |
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| I / it / saw / five times |
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| Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY |
| phoned / Yesterday, / twice / me / she |
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| always / She / asking me questions / is |
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| She / dresses / in blue / very often |
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| have / soup / We / every other day |
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| dress / Can / always / in green? / I |
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| never / know / what to say / I |
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| you / go / do / often / How / to the disco? |
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| oranges / I / eat / hardly ever |
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| Do / often / feel tired? / you |
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| once a month / go / I / usually / to the hairdresser's |
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| never / can / You / your car keys / find |
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| come / to help me / My parents / very often |
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FREQUENCY ADVERBS
These adverbs answer the question: How often?
Here is a list ordered from more to less frequency (percentages are approximative)
ALWAYS (100%)
FREQUENTLY (90%)
USUALLY (85%) = generally, normally
OFTEN (75%)
SOMETIMES (50%) = now and then
OCCASIONALLY (35%)
SELDOM (25%)
RARELY (10%)
HARDLY EVER (5%)
NEVER (0%)
Word order:
One-word adverbs
Before normal verbs (the rest)
- I OFTEN go to the cinema
- He RARELY watches television
After special verbs (to be, have, do, can, will, etc.)
- I am ALWAYS here
- you can NEVER speak fast o
exceptions:
- I HARDLY EVER watch football on TV
- Tim ALMOST NEVER eats pudding
Notice: Some of these can use VERY (with the same position).
- I VERY OFTEN eat potatoes
- We VERY RARELY go to the beach
Two words or more
At the end of the sentence
- I go to the cinema TWICE A MONTH
- He works in the mornings EVERY OTHER DAY (= every two days)
- He watches football DAY IN, DAY OUT (= every day, every single day)
- We go hiking SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR (= a few times every year)
How many times?
Once = x1
Twice = x2
Three times = x3
Four times, etc. = x4
These frequency phrases usually go at the end:
- You have to ring the bell twice
- I go to the cinema once a month
- Tim goes to school three times a week
